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No Funds for assisted suicide service, says Wes StreetingHealth Secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed there is no budget for an assisted suicide service, despite the Bill narrowly passing a vote in the House of Commons last week.
Assisted Suicide
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Assisted Suicide Bill passes by 314-291Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has passed at Third Reading by 314-291. The Bill will allow anyone over the age of 18 who has received a terminal diagnosis…
Assisted Suicide
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Gambling watchdog probes failures in self-exclusion schemeThe UK’s gambling regulator has said it is “very concerned” by findings that most adult gaming centres (AGCs) in one city failed to uphold a key protection for problem gamblers. The Gambling…
Gambling
Press Releases
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CARE Budget Response: Small positives, but families need more radical reform
Marriage and Family
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Time to ban pimping websites says inquiry
Sexual Exploitation
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CARE Press Release - MPs reject latest Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted Suicide
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CARE Press Release - Church urged to pray ahead of Assisted…
Assisted Suicide
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MPs return to the Commons to continue Report Stage
Assisted Suicide
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Majority of UK adults oppose abortion law change, poll findsA new poll has found that most UK adults oppose proposals to decriminalise abortion, including late-term procedures up to birth.
Abortion
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Abortion providers throw weight behind Antoniazzi decrim amendmentBPAS is backing New Clause 1 (NC1), an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill tabled by Labour backbencher Tonia Antoniazzi. NC1 would remove women from criminal liability under abortion laws but…
Abortion
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UK paternity leave system 'outdated and underfunded', say MPsThe UK’s statutory paternity leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world” and in urgent need of reform, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.
Marriage and Family
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Man convicted for publicly burning Quran in protestA man has been convicted and fined for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate, in a case that has ignited renewed debate over the boundaries of free speech…
Freedom of Speech
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Assisted suicide Bill 'deeply dangerous', says palliative care specialistA leading palliative care consultant has urged MPs to reject the UK’s proposed assisted suicide legislation, calling it “not fit for purpose” and “deeply dangerous”.
Assisted Suicide
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Assisted suicide implant invented for dementia patientsDr Philip Nitschke, inventor of the Sarco suicide pod, has unveiled plans for a controversial new device: an implantable 'kill switch' that would allow people diagnosed with dementia to end their lives…
Assisted Suicide
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Support for Assisted Dying Bill weakens as more MPs withdraw backingLiberal Democrat MP Brian Mathew has confirmed he will vote against the Assisted Dying Bill at its next Commons stage, citing unanswered concerns and fears about pressure on vulnerable people nearing the…
Assisted Suicide